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Amazing. I really expected the process to be more automated. I enjoyed watching each worker’s slower and purposeful movements to keep from breaking the piece.
david diehl wow, that is amazing! My oldest is a celluloid Santa given to me by my grandmother when I was 6, making it now 67. It is still bright and beautiful on my tree.
Cobalt ventilated or not, the people sitting in front of flames with gloves on are feeling heat big time. I’m sure with time they don’t notice it though.
A lot of luxury items that are produced in European countries also do not use great manufacturing conditions for their workers and in the us, lots of it is done by cheap prisoners who dont get paid minimum wage.
That was really interesting to see how intricately the ornaments are made! I love the old fashioned looking ones, I always hunt for them at estate sales and thrift stores. Thanks for sharing this art! Merry Christmas! 🎄⛄💖
Moskatels Sells these from 6.00 to 14 each! Then put them on sale 40% to 60% off! it’s. A great work of art! I somehow knows it had to be blown! Wow! Amazing! Thank you to all who make these beauties!
Fun fact: there are two types of glassblowing: flamework (also called lampwork, depicted in this video) and furnace glassblowing (where people use metal blowpipes and get the glass out of a furnace), and ornaments can be made both ways.
I don't believe that they were bandages. I believe they were protective wears to stop the cuts and burns. In the US, they'd only be able to sue if the cuts and burns were caused by the employer's negligence some how. If your job involves working with an open flame, and the station is set up properly, even if you give yourself a third degree burn, you can't sue.
Ian Spike missed what year that was, but he was a glassmaker, thus he had an abundance of glass to work with. And if he was a poor glassmaker, maybe he really did not have money for nuts and candy. Through certain points of history sugar really was not all that accessible, so just bc it is in abundance around you does not mean it is so for others. Kinda like, you know how bananas are some of the cheapest fruit one can buy at a grocery store? I remember when I ate my gliders banana ever in something like 6 years of my life. My mom was able to afford exactly one banana for each member of the family. When scarce, it becomes a luxury.
I was stocking glass ornaments at my Michaels store today and the thought occurred to me, how are these made? I never really considered that you could cast glass in a mold, but you learn something new everyday. However, this is still a process done by man and I am wondering if there is a machine that does it to mass produce what we get at Michaels? Regardless, i definitely learned what I came for.
*first day of job* " So you are going literally sit in behind a blow torch right next to people who are also sitting right behind blow torches- kay cool? bye."
I have SO MANY collectable mercury glassChristmas statues ...ALL but 1, have paint loss..some more than others...they were so expensive..Is there any way for a diy'er to repaint them? What type of paint? Do the paints need to be heat treated to set them?
Am I the only one with a phobia about blowing things that could possibly explode in your face (eg balloons, glass)? I LOVED the artistry of these, but I swear I cringed the entire video. Haha. Still watched and liked it though
Yaelra R. Try an antique shop, they may know of a local repair company. Antique ornaments can be repaired properly and professionally. I’m not sure if glass can be, but a local antique shop would be a start. Best of luck.
The artist and packer gave me OCD. All that hard work for the artist to paint badly. Then the packer put snow white in the bottom right and they were all crocked. Madness
@@NumeroLetter I bloody well could actually. Stop being so butt hurt. There's what is called quality control. Plus. Wouldn't you pull out all the stops if cameras were around? I get the twee and nostalgia of handmade and crooked painting. Get that homemade feel... But Snow White is the pull... Put her in the little window.
